Listened to on Spotify "Tales to Terrify" podcast - 2.5*

I'm on a bit of a Rich Larson obsession right now. This one was interesting but I feel a little meh about it.

I would like to know wtf is wrong with the MC's mother. She was a neglectful mother. Interesting that the author included such a character. I can't really see how she effected the story but I guess lots of us have shitty mothers. Not me, :* love you mom.

Tor.com: "Dark Warm Heart" by Rich Larson is a horror story about a woman whose husband returns from the frozen Canadian North Territories, obsessed with texts he discovered there. ( )

This fantastic story can be found here, to read for free:

http://www.tor.com/2017/04/12/dark-warm-heart/

My ONLY caveat is that I don't know what happened next....! 😱😱😱 ( )

The first months of marriage are always a time for adjustment and accommodation, but Kristine has been more open-minded than most. In pursuit of his doctorate, her husband Noel has just returned from a research trip to the frozen wastes of Northern Canada. There, among the ice and storms, something happened: something that Kristine can't quite put her finger on, which has left her husband fractious and prone to outbursts of violence. As Kristine waits for an opportune moment to break some news to him, Noel spends hours sinking deeper and deeper into the recordings he made in the north - looking for something, but what? This eerily dark fantasy asks how far we are prepared to go in understanding and accepting the people we love.

For this review, and other short stories from Tor.com, please visit my blog:
https://theidlewoman.net/2017/04/20/more-short-stories-from-tor-com ( )